(MENAFN - Arab News) Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) and Sanofi, a global health care leader, have announced their collaboration for boosting the Mobilized Healthcare services (mHealth) with an innovative approach in the mobilized health care services in Saudi Arabia.

The partnership of Sanofi and Mobily aims to offer a state-of-art (IBG Star) device and the newest technology in diabetes management smart application.

All of this will enable patients to communicate their diabetes related data to their physicians or health care provider.

"The mobilized health care concept is expanding as patient electronic follow-ups, electronic records and disease and health related information is now available to the public as long as there's the supply of innovative and up-to-date e-health application, solutions and products which goes in parallel with a concrete, high speed reliable data transmission services," said Mobily CEO Khalid Al-Kaf.

"Our partnership with Sanofi, a health care leader, will leverage the moblized health care solutions in Saudi Arabia," he added.

"Our main objective is putting our patients first and that's by offering easy-to-use and innovative solutions, which help patients to share instant reports to their physicians and helping patients taking diabetes related decisions," said Salah Mousa, Sanofi's GM in Saudi Arabia.

He also emphasized the importance of having such a partnership with Mobily in boosting the mobilized health care that will protect diabetics from long-term complications and more control over the disease.

Mobily is looking forward to maintain its position as a leader in (mHealth) through this collaboration as the group has already launched several applications and services concerning public health.

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